I'm very comfortable with the idea of there being late bloomers, and for me, of course, there's no difficulty at all in the way that I think of talent and achievement and so on. Daniel Tammet achievementbloomercomfortable Change image and share on social
Logic obviously is important. You need to be able to figure things out, to go to the end of a particular problem. But intuition is very important because it references things that logic alone cannot. Daniel Tammet endfigureimportant Change image and share on social
Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with. Daniel Tammet complexdealdiscover Change image and share on social
Growing up, I would have to watch the other children and learn from my mistakes. I would have to push myself to overcome the things most people don't have to think about. Brushing my teeth was very difficult because of the noise of the brush. Daniel Tammet brushchilddifficult share on social
There is no such thing as an average person. They really are guidelines for people to grapple with the unknown, and we can always surprise expectations. Daniel Tammet averageexpectationgrapple Change image and share on social
Retaining a sense of control is really important. I like to do things in my own time, and in my own style, so an office with targets and bureaucracy just wouldn't work. Daniel Tammet bureaucracycontrolimportant Change image and share on social
I love music. I have a fondness for Chopin, and I very much like his 'Raindrop Prelude.' Daniel Tammet chopinfondnesslove Change image and share on social
Life is going to be complex, and the only way we're able navigate our way through it at all is by living as best we can and absorbing those experiences and somehow making intuitive responses in future situations that resemble them in some way. Daniel Tammet absorbcomplexexperience share on social
I was desperate for a friend, and I used to lie in bed at night thinking about what it would be like. My younger brothers and sisters had friends, and I used to watch them playing to try to work out what they did and how friendship worked. Daniel Tammet bedbrotherdesperate share on social
Our thoughts and our feelings, of course, are not wholly objective, they're inherently subjective. And that's the danger, and I think as long as we're aware of it and can push back against it, I don't think that these two views are necessarily incompatible. Daniel Tammet awarebackdanger share on social
